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Dirty dealings at Arroyo Grande Council meeting

Written on 15 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 61 comments

OPINION By TORY RAND As I walked into the Arroyo Grande City Council Chambers on the evening of Oct. 14, after having done so many times over the last year, I immediately noticed one thing, instead of the usual six... (Continue reading)

Vandalism and clashes mar South County campaigns

Written on 13 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 56 comments

While the theft or vandalism of signs is a common problem for campaigns across San Luis Obispo County, in South County the battle for the Arroyo Grande mayor position and the District 4 supervisor seat have escalated to include verbal... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande citizens have a right to know

Written on 12 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 69 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE The citizens of Arroyo Grande’s rights to know, per the Brown Act, that they may be informed, is preempted, forestalled, obstructed and blocked by California Code 54957. It provides for the exclusion of the citizens from... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande police union backs change

Written on 11 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 121 comments

Amid a vote of no confidence against Mayor Tony Ferrara, the Arroyo Grande Police Officer Association voted unanimously Friday to endorse write in candidate Jim Hill for mayor. Following police officer allegations that Ferrara participated in a cover-up over a... (Continue reading)

AG mayor seeks restraining order on public speaker

Written on 10 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 270 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Arroyo Grande City Council members met Wednesday morning to “discuss” hiring a private investigator who  apparently had already started his job, and Mayor Tony Ferrara angrily asked for a restraining order on outspoken critic Otis Page. According... (Continue reading)

Speaker ejected from contentious Arroyo Grande Council meeting

Written on 8 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 149 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE In a very special example of hindsight, the Arroyo Grande City Council called a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning to take public comments, hail the Brown Act, on the plan to select an... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande coverup, a lie of omission

Written on 7 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE Why would the citizens of Arroyo Grande approve an investigation contracted by and controlled by its city council when its police, the Arroyo Grande Police Officers’Association (AGPOA) has stated certain members of this council have chosen... (Continue reading)

Sign wars heat up in supervisor election campaigns

Written on 6 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 85 comments

By KAREN VELIE Update: John Brunsfield, a retired attorney, said he purchased and put out signs that say “Lynn Compton is a fraud.” Brunsfield said he is not affiliated with any campaign and put the signs out after receiving slate... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist killed in Nipomo hit and run identified

Written on 3 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified the bicyclist killed in a Nipomo hit-and-run crash Wednesday as 48-year-old Glen Fulton of Arroyo Grande. Fulton died Wednesday morning after a driver struck him on Los Berros Road near Pomeroy Road, ejecting him... (Continue reading)

Adams may quit, slaps police again

Written on 2 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 153 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE Embattled Arroyo Grande City Manager Steve Adams said Wednesday he will be leaving his job when he decides the time is right, and leveled a barrage of accusations against his police department’s contract negotiators.... (Continue reading)